FiXT INDIE STORE SPOTLIGHT

The new FiXT Store has been officially online for 1 month, and we'd like to thank everyone who has taken the time to check out the new products, artists, store interface & features. One of those new additions in the new store is the 'Indie Artist' section. Many of you reading this have already taken notice of those Indie Artist's in the store, but it is my pleasure to now give you a more official introduction & background on these artists over the course of several spotlight features. In this first edition, I'll be covering the Indie Artists with roots in the FiXT Remix & Celldweller Remix Competitions and in future editoins I'll be covering several other partner labels & bands that have teamed up with us in our Indie Store.

Sincerely,
James Rhodes
FiXT
November 2008

Part I - Remixers

Over the past 2 years, many of the active remixers from the Celldweller & FiXT remix competitions have been busy at work, writing & recording original materal, but not necessarily with a release or marketing strategy in mind. FiXT has taken note of these artists through their contributions to the remix community, seen them develop their production & writing skills and taken interest in creating an opportunity for these artists to connect their solo albums back with the community. It's from this position that FiXT developed the 'Indie Store' as a distribution program for independent artists to have a way to release music through the FiXT Store and giving them a way to market & promote their albums to the community. As an indie label, FiXT knows firsthand, the value and magnitude of having fans take the time to discover new artists and support them through not only purchasing their music, but spreading word-of-mouth awareness for them.

We hope you will take some time to check out each of the following artists, visit their product pages on the store, listen to previews of the music, friend request them on Myspace and/or leave them comments/feedback and if you enjoy the music, support them with a purchase. We want to cultivate an independent minded community that supports it's artists and we thank each of you for participating.

(in alphabetical order by Artist Name)

Animalis
Location: Russia
Album: Star Galaxy EP
Genre: Psy-Trance / Electronic
For Fans of: Infected Mushroom / G.M.S.
FiXT Remix History: Top 3 Finalist for the Subkulture "Erasus" remix competition. Has spun his "Erasus" remixes for over 10,000 people during DJ sets.

Animattronic
Location: Canada
Album: Animattronic EP
Genre: Electronic-Rock / Electronica / Hybrid
For Fans of: lvl / Celldweller
FiXT Remix History: Top 20 Finalist for Celldweller's "Switchback" & Subkulture's "Erasus" remix competitions. Featured on the Take It & Break It Vol 3 "Switchback" compilation. Has also contributed independent graphic, motion graphic & video support to several Cellout TV videos.

Benni Knop
Location: Australia
Album: Sacrifice
Genre: House / Electronic
FiXT Remix History: Top 20 Finalist for the Celldweller "Own Little World" remix competition. Featured on the Take It & Break It Vol 1 "Own Little World" CD. Has also worked with FiXT on several original Production tracks for Film/TV licensing.

Daniel Gray
(formerly Glitchmachine)
Location: U.S.A.
Album: Norm-E (Single)
Genre: House / Minimal / Electronic
For Fans of: Deadmau5
FiXT Remix History: Top 20 Finalist in the Celldweller "Switchback" Remix Competition. Featured on the Take It & Break It Vol 3 "Switchback" compilation. Has worked with FiXT on several original Production tracks for Film/TV licensing as well as independent contribution of graphical design & layout for several FiXT web pages.

Delta-S
Location: U.S.A.
Album: Voyage To Isis
Genre: Electronic-Rock / Hybrid
For Fans of: Nine Inch Nails / Stabbing Westward / Celldweller
FiXT Remix History: Top 20 Finalist in the Celldweller "Frozen" Remix Competition, including a Personal Favorite Pick from Klayton. Had 2 Mixes featured on the Take It & Break It Vol 2 "Frozen" compilation, plus contributed several graphic elements for the Celldweller "Switchback" Remix Competition website.

Deprogrammed
Location: U.S.A.
Album: A World Grown Extinct
Genre: Instrumental/Score / Electronic / Rock / Hybrid
For Fans of: Nine Inch Nails / Celldweller / Atlas Plug / Tom Salta
FiXT Remix History: One of the most prolific FiXT remixers of all time. Top 20 Finalist in the Celldweller "Symbiont," "Own Little World," "Frozen" & "Switchback" Remix Competitions. 5 Mixes featured on official Celldweller Remix Compilation releases. Has also created official remixes of FiXT artists lvl ("Home") and Atlas Plug ("Around The World" coming soon). Has also worked with FiXT on several original Production tracks for Film/TV licensing. Other remix credits include harshrealm and Amethystium.

Halo In Reverse
Location: U.S.A.
Album: Halo In Reverse
Genre: Electronic-Rock / Industrial / Hybrid
For Fans of: Nine Inch Nails / Stabbing Westward / Celldweller
FiXT Remix History: One of the original 8 Celldweller "Symbiont" Remixers from 2000. The Halo In Reverse "Rusted Halo" remix of "Symbiont" is available at the FiXT Store.]

Kearley
Location: U.S.A.
Album: Douglas Channel
Genre: Down-Tempo / Glitch / IDM
FiXT Remix History: Top 20 Finalist in the Celldweller "Own Little World" & "Frozen" Remix Competitions. Featured on 2 Celldweller Remix Compilation releases. Has created an official remix for FiXT Artist Atlas Plug ("Around The World" coming soon). Other remix credits include: Frontline Assembly, Iris and harshrealm.